Momma yensua biribiara fa serotonin a ɛka wo nkate no ho.

Nna bi wɔ hɔ a yɛte anigye a ɛyɛ nwonwa nka, nanso nna foforo nso yɛte awerɛhow ne abufuw kɛse nka wɔ nneɛma nketenkete mpo ho. So woasusuw nea enti a eyi ba no ho pɛn? Nnipa titiriw biako a ɛwɔ saa nkate ahorow yi ba ne kɔ akyi ne nnuru sobɔfo a ɔwɔ yɛn amemene mu a wɔfrɛ no ‘Serotonin’. Enti, ɛnnɛ yɛbɛka nea serotonin yi yɛ, sɛnea ɛho hia ma yɛn asetra, ne nea ɛba bere a ɛba fam dodo no ho asɛm.

Dɛn ankasa ne Serotonin?

Sɛ yɛbɛka no tiawa a, serotonin yɛ nnuru a ɛde nkrasɛm kɔ ntini nkwammoaa a ɛwɔ yɛn amemene mu no ntam. Yɛfrɛ eyi sɛ neurotransmitter. Fa no sɛ yɛn amemene yɛ kurow kɛse. Saa serotonin yi yɛ adwuma te sɛ ‘postman’ a ɔde nkrasɛm fi baabi kɔ foforo wɔ kurow yi mu.

Nanso adeɛ a ɛyɛ nwonwa ne sɛ, ɛwom sɛ serotonin yɛ amemene no mu dodoɔ no ara de, nanso serotonin a ɛwɔ yɛn nipadua mu nyinaa mu bɛyɛ 90% wɔ yɛn aduane mu nhyehyɛeɛ (dwensɔtwaa) ne mogya mu nkwammoaa mu.

Mfaso bɛn na ɛwɔ serotonin so ma yɛn nipadua?

Serotonin ka dwumadi dodow bi a ɛyɛ nwonwa ho wɔ yɛn nipadua mu. Serotonin ka nkwammoaa ɔpepem 40 a ɛwɔ yɛn amemene mu no mu dodow no ara tẽẽ anaasɛ ɛnte saa.

Titiriw no, serotonin ka yɛn:

• Adwene: Serotonin boa ma yɛn ani gye na yɛn ho dwo yɛn. Ɛno nti na ebinom frɛ no ‘anigye hormone’ no.
• Dae: Serotonin boa ma nipadua no dɔn a ɛhwɛ yɛn nna ne yɛn ani so no kɔ so tra hɔ.
• Aduan ho akɔnnɔ: Eyi ne nneɛma te sɛ ɔkɔm a wɔte ne sɛ obi adidi awie no wɔ abusuabɔ.
• Ɔbarima ne ɔbea nna ho akɔnnɔ ne ne dwumadi: Serotonin nso nya nna ho nkate so nkɛntɛnso.
• Nkae ne adesua: Eyi ho hia na ama yɛakae nneɛma na yɛasua nneɛma foforo.

Nea ɛka ho no, serotonin nso ka yɛn koma, yɛn ntini, ne hormone nhyehyɛe afoforo a ɛwɔ nipadua no mu no dwumadi. Nhwehwɛmufo ahu sɛ serotonin nhyehyɛe no a entumi nyɛ adwuma yiye no betumi aka nufusu a ɛnanom a wɔma wɔn nufu yɛ ne tebea bi a wɔfrɛ no nkokoaa owu mpofirim (SIDS).

Abusuabɔ a ɛda serotonin ne adwenemhaw ntam

Nnipa pii ate sɛ adwenemhaw ba bere a serotonin dodow so tew no. Nokware bi wɔ eyi mu, nanso asɛm no mu yɛ den kakra sen saa.

Nhwehwɛmufo gye di sɛ serotonin dodow a ɛnkari pɛ wɔ amemene no mu no betumi ama obi anya adwenemhaw, dadwen, ehu, abufuw a emu yɛ den, ne adwenemhaw a ɛma obi yɛ ade tra so. Nneɛma pii wɔ hɔ a ebetumi ama saa kari a ɛnkari pɛ yi aba:

• Amemene mu nkwammoaa ntumi nyɛ serotonin a ɛdɔɔso .
• Mmeae a wɔde gye nneɛma a ebetumi akyere serotonin a wɔyɛ no so atew .
• Serotonin ntumi nkɔ saa ntini ahorow yi mu yiye .
• Tryptophan, ade titiriw a ehia na wɔde ayɛ serotonin a enni nipadua no mu .

Nnuru bi a ekum adwenemhaw te sɛ SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) ne SNRIs (serotonin ne norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors) yɛ adwuma denam serotonin dodow a ɛkɔ soro wɔ amemene no mu no so. Bere a wɔada no adi sɛ nnuru yi ma yare no ho sɛnkyerɛnne so tew no, ɛnyɛ nea emu da hɔ koraa sɛnea ɛyɛ adwuma. Enti, mfa nnuru yi nni dwuma da a wo duruyɛfo nka ho afotu.

So aduan ne apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ betumi asakra serotonin dodow?

Nkɛntɛnso a aduan ne anonne nya

Sɛnea nnuan a calcium wom a wodi ma mogya mu calcium dodow kɔ soro tẽẽ no, saa ara na aduan biara nni hɔ a ɛma serotonin kɔ soro tẽẽ. Nanso, nnuan bi wɔ hɔ a ebetumi ama amino acid tryptophan a ɛyɛ ade a ehia na wɔde ayɛ serotonin no ayɛ kɛse.

Nnuan a protein pii wom te sɛ nam, mpataa, akokɔ, nufusu, kyiisi, ne nnuaba no wɔ tryptophan pii. Nanso nea ɛyɛ nwonwa no, sɛ wudi aduan a protein pii wom wie a, tryptophan ne serotonin dodow a ɛwɔ wo mogya mu no so tew. Dɛn nti na ɛte saa? Nea enti a ɛte saa ne sɛ, sɛ wudi protein a, amino acid afoforo pii ne tryptophan si akan ma ɛkɔ amemene no mu. Ɛte sɛ kar a emu yɛ duru wɔ kwan so. Enti baabi a tryptophan betumi akɔ amemene no mu no sua.

Nanso, sɛ wudi aduan a carbohydrate wom te sɛ aburow, paanoo, anaa ɛmo a, wo nipadua no yɛ insulin. Saa insulin yi twe saa amino acid afoforo a ɛne wɔn ho wɔn ho di akan no nyinaa kɔ wo nipadua mu, nanso ɛma kwan ma tryptophan kɔ w’amemene mu. Eyi ma serotonin dodow a ɛwɔ w’amemene mu no kɔ soro.

Afei nso, nnuan a vitamin B6 pii wom a wodi no boa ma tryptophan dan serotonin ntɛmntɛm.

Nkɛntɛnso a apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ nya

Apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ yɛ nneɛma a eye sen biara a wubetumi ayɛ de ama wo nkate ayɛ kɛse no mu biako. Nhwehwɛmu ahorow bi ada no adi sɛ apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ daa yɛ adwenemhaw ayaresa a etu mpɔn te sɛ nnuru anaa afotu a wɔde ma no.Nhwehwɛmu foforo ada no adi sɛ apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ simma 40 mpo betumi anya adwene so nkɛntɛnso ntɛm ara. Nanso, wonnya nhuu sɛnea apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ yɛ eyi. Ebinom gye di sɛ ɛka serotonin dodow.

So serotonin ka mmea ne mmarima saa ara?

Nhwehwɛmu ahorow ada no adi sɛ mmarima wɔ serotonin pii kakra wɔ wɔn nipadua mu sen mmea. Nanso nsonsonoe kɛse no ne sɛnea wɔyɛ wɔn ade bere a serotonin dodow so tew no.

Sɛ serotonin dodow so tew a, mmarima yɛ wɔn a wɔyɛ katee , nanso wɔnte nka sɛ wɔahaw saa. Nanso mmea adwene so tew mpofirim , na wɔyɛ ahwɛyiye ne ahwɛyiye kɛse . Eyi yɛ nkate a ɛne adwenemhaw wɔ abusuabɔ. Ebia eyi nti na dadwen ne adwene mu haw abu so wɔ mmea mu, na nsa a wɔde di dwuma, ADHD, ne nkate a wɔde di dwuma ho haw abu so wɔ mmarima mu no.

Afei nso, esiane nkɛntɛnso a mmea hormone nya nti, serotonin dwumadi tumi sesa ansa na wakɔ brayɛ, awo akyi, ne bere a wagyae brayɛ. Eyi nti na wohu adwene mu nsakrae wɔ saa mmere yi mu no.

Tebea a asiane wom: Dɛn ne serotonin syndrome?

Mpɛn pii no, nnuru a ekum adwenemhaw te sɛ SSRI yɛ nea asiane biara nni ho. Nanso, nsunsuanso bɔne bi wɔ hɔ a ɛntaa nsi nanso ɛyɛ hu yiye .Nea efi mu ba ne serotonin syndrome, a ɛba bere a serotonin dodow a ɛwɔ amemene no mu no kɔ soro dodo no.

Eyi taa ba bere a wɔnom nnuru abien anaa nea ɛboro saa a ɛka serotonin bere koro mu no. Sɛ nhwɛso no, sɛ wofa SSRI ma adwenemhaw ne triptan ma atiridiinini a, wubetumi anya serotonin a ɛboro so. Asiane nso wɔ hɔ sɛ eyi bɛba wɔ nhabannuru te sɛ St. John’s Wort ne SSRIs ho. Ebetumi nso aba wɔ nnubɔne te sɛ Ecstasy ne LSD ho.

Nsɛnkyerɛnne betumi ada adi wɔ simma kosi nnɔnhwerew kakraa bi akyi bere a wɔafi aduru bi ase anaasɛ wɔama dodow no akɔ soro no. Nea ɛka ho ne:

• Ahomegye a wonni, basabasayɛ
• Nneɛma a wontumi nhu a wohu (Hallucinations) .
• Koma a ɛbɔ denneennen
• Nipadua mu hyew a ɛkɔ soro ne fifiri a ɛboro so
• Nipadua a ɛkari pɛ a ɛyera
• Ntini a ɛtwetwe, ɛyɛ den
• Akisikuru, ɔfe, akisikuru
• Mogya mmoroso a ɛkɔ soro na ɛkɔ fam mpofirim